Combined table and ironing-board



G. W. HUDSON.

COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLIICATION FILED MAY 17, 1917. RENEWED AUG. 13.1919.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I G' W. HUDSON.

COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17 1 917. RENEWED AUG. 13.1919.

1,336,433. Patent-ed Apr. 13,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' INVENTOR G- W/iudaon A rrogkm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HUDSON, OF LANCASTER, OHIO.

COMBINED TABLE AI-TD IRONING-IBOARD.

Application filed. May 17, 1917, Serial No. 169,310. Renewed August 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen IV. HUosoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Combined Tables and Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved combined table and ironing board and has as its primary object to provide a construction wherein the table may, under ordi nary circumstances, be used for the general purposes of a table and wherein the ironing board may, when desired, be swung to active position upon the table with the table forming a stand for the said board.

The invention has as a further object to provide a construction wherein the ironing board will be mounted to swing through an opening in the top of the table and wherein the table top will be provided with a hinged leaf arranged to normally close the said opening.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a device of the above described character employing a drop leaf for supporting the ironing board and wherein means will .be provided for rotatably adj usting the ironing board upon the said leaf.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved device showing an ironing board moved to active position,

Fig. 2 is a plan view particularly illustrating the arcuate slot in the drop leaf of the ironing board for receiving the means employed for rotatably adjusting the board upon the said leaf,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and particularly showing the mounting of the ironing board upon the drop leaf therefor,

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the ironing board swung to inactive position upon the table,

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4 and illustrating the disposition of the ironing board when swung to inactive position,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 317,347.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating the manner in which the legs of the table are detachably connected with the table box, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the spring catch employed for supporting the drop leaf for the ironing board with the said board disposed in active position.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a table box 10 in the angles of which are fitted the supporting legs 11 for the table. The upper ends of the legs are preferably cut away to provide shoulders engaging beneath the side and end members of the box and are detachably connected thereto by angularly disposed bolts or other suitable fastening devices 12 provided with suitable wing nuts so that the said bolts may be easily removed for disconnecting the legs from the table. Extending longitudinally of the box 10 and secured thereto in any approved manner is the main panel 13 of the table top and overlying the remaining portion of the box and suitably secured thereto is a sub-top panel 14. The panel 13 is, as particularly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, relatively narrow and is practically twice as thick as the sub-top panel 14. Hinged to the inner longitudinal edge of the main panel 13 is a top leaf or super-panel 15 movable to overlie the panel 14 to cooperate with the panel 13 for completing the table top. In this connection, it is to be observed that the combined thickness of the panels 14 and 15 is substantially equal to that of the panel 13 so that when the panel 15 is swung to its normal position upon the panel 14, as particularly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, the top of the table will be perfectly smooth and of uniform thickness.

Formed through the sub-panel 14 of the table top is a longitudinally extending opening 16 and hingedly connected to the adjacent longitudinal rail of the table box 10 at one side of this opening is a drop leaf 17. The free longitudinal edge of this leaf is equipped with a spring catch 18 of approved design and this catch is arranged to cooperate with a suitable keeper plate 19 con nected, as shown in detail in F 7, to the lower face of the main panel 13 of the table top at the inner edge of the said panel. The leaf 17 may thus be swung upwardly beneath the said top panel 14 of the table to seat against the lower side thereof with the catch 18 engaging with the keeper plate 19 v for supporting the said leaf in elevated posinut 28 movable for clamping the said board in adjusted position.

Connected to the under side of the ironing board at the extremity thereof adjacent the post 21, is a supporting bracket 24. This bracket at its lower extremity is provided with a laterally directed lug or foot 25 seating against the leaf 17 for rigidly supporting the adjacent end of the ironing board and loosely fitted through this lug is a bolt or other suitable fastening device 26 provided at its upper extremity with a wing nut 27 confronting the lug. The bolt 26 is, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, loosely fitted through an arcuate slot 28 formed in the leaf 17 concentric to the bolt 22 connecting the ironing board with the leaf. Accordingly, when the ironing board is adjustably rotated upon the post 21, the bolt 26 may move within the slot 28 with the wing nut 27 operable to coact with the supporting bracket .2 1 for clamping the ironing board at adjustment. The bolt 26 will thus cooperate with the bolt 22 for rigidly holding the ironing board fixed upon the leaf 17 and attention is directed to the fact that by adjustably mounting the ironing board, the said board may be moved with respect to the table as may be found most convenient for receiving the work. Swingingly connected to the outer extremity of the ironing board is a leg 29 movable to engage with the leaf 17 for rigidly supporting the adjacent extremity of the ironing board with respect to the said leaf. This leg 29 is shiftable to lie beneath the ironing board and mounted upon the said board to detachably engage with the free extremity of the leg is a suitable spring clip 30 adapted. to hold the leg in inactive position.

Normally, the leaf 17 will, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, hang beneath the table out of the way with the ironing board disposed in inactive position. lVhen the leaf is so swung downwardly, the hinged panel 15 of the top of the table is moved to seat against the panel 1 1 thereof for closing the opening 16 through the latter panel when the table may be used for all ordinary purposes. 'On the other hand, when it is desired to use the ironing board, the leaf 15 of the table top is swung to lie against the panel 13 thereof. The leaf 17 is then swung upwardly to project the ironing board through the opening 16 in the sub-panel 14 in the table top and engage the catch 18 with the keeper plate 19. The spring catch will thus rigidly hold the drop leaf 17 to rigidly support the ironing board in active position. In this connection, it will be noted that the supporting post 21 for the ironing board is of such length that when the ironing board is thus arranged in position for use, the said board will be disposed above the plane of the table top.

It will therefore be seen that I provide a particularly simple and efiicient construc tion for the purpose set forth and a device adapted to provide an especially useful household article, since the device may, at will, be used either as a table or as an ironing board and stand with the table forming the stand for the ironing board.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described including a stand, a post mounted upon the stand, an ironing board seated upon the upper extremity of said post, means extending through the board and the post and connect- .ing the board with the stand for rotatable adjustment with respect to the post, and

means bearing between the inner extremity of the ironing board and the stand for holding the ironingboard at adjustment.

2. A device of the character described including a stand, an ironing board rotatably adjustable upon the stand, a bracket bracing one extremity of the ironing board with respect to the stand, and means engaging with said bracket and operatable for holding the ironing board at adjustment.

3. A device of the character described in- V cluding a stand, a main top panel carried thereby, a sub-top panel for the stand provided with an opening, a super-top panel swingingly connected to the main panel and arranged to overlie the sub-top panel to coact therewith and complete the top of the stand, an ironing board, and means supporting the said board and connected with the stand for movement to project the board through the opening in the sub-top panel with the said means cooperating with the sub-top panel to close the said opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

GEORGE W. HUDSON. [n s.] 

